Find Places To Visit In Whitby, North Yorkshire

Whitby’s historic piers and lighthouses tell the story of the town’s maritime past, from Tudor stonework to 19th century beacons.

No murder of Corvids, but a navigational aid for ships.

A statue to commemorate the 18th-century explorer and navigator who changed the western perceptions of world geography.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

The jaw bones of a whale as a reminder of the whaling industry of Whitby.

The 199 stone steps lead up to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, a classic Gothic graveyard, and the Norman Church of Saint Mary.

A Norman Church with a quirky interior, sitting high and proud above Whitby with a paradigmatic gothic graveyard.

A 1920's park in Whitby that also houses a Museum and Art Gallery on site.

The ruins of a 7th Century Christian Monastery which later became a Benedictine Abbey overlooking the north sea and town of Whitby. Famous for featuring in Bram Stoker's Dracula.